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Rating: 5.5 stars

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China relic acrobat buddhist monk magic scroll Buddhism monk

All movies seen on 12/10/2023

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The Touch (2002)

Directed by Peter Pau

Action | Fantasy | Adventure

Overview

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.

Length 103 minutes

Actors

Michelle Yeoh | Ben Chaplin | Richard Roxburgh | Sihung Lung | Brandon Chang | Margaret Wang | Dane Cook | Emmanuel Lanzi | Kenneth Tsang | Gabriel Harrison | Winston Chao | Kou Zhenhai | Liu Chang Sheng | Hua Qin | Sua Lang Rao Deng | Dawangdui | Li Qi-Long | Jaime Abregana Jr. | Lee Yiu-Ging | Ge Song | Jerald Tan | Don Wong Tao | Jia Hui Wu | Jacky Yeung Tak-Ngai | Zhang Jinting | Zuo Xiaoqing

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Finally got back to this one, which is not great but I like Michelle so much I can overlook some of the flaws (like casting Dane Cook). Yeoh produced and co-wrote this movie so I feel it was a real passion project for her. It’s like she wanted to make her own version of Jackie Chan’s Operation Condor.

Where it suffers is the overly complicated McGuffin talisman relic thingie and lore around it on top of the weak visual FX. I’m personally not crazy about the romance element as I just don’t buy it. And the character that Ben Chaplin is portraying is a complete dick. But the movie is watchable mainly for Yeoh.

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